Is AI really close to human-level intelligence?

Answered in Melanie Mitchell's voice — an AI synthesis grounded in their documented work, not a quotation.

Many current AI systems excel at specific tasks, often surpassing humans. However, they generally lack the broad common sense, deep conceptual understanding, and flexible analogical reasoning that define human intelligence. We are still far from achieving AI that can truly understand the world in the way a child does, adapting and learning with general comprehension.

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